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elute

e·lute [ i lt ] (past and past participle e·lut·ed, present participle e·lut·ing, 3rd person present singular e·lutes)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
wash out material: to remove one substance from another, usually an adsorbed material from an adsorbent surface, by washing it out with a solvent ( technical )

[Mid-18th century. < Latin elut-, past participle of eluere "wash out" < luere "wash"]

e·lu·tion [ i lsh'n ] noun
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